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jumpin' from one potato heap to another," interposed 

 a fourth. 



" Where the robins starve in harvest-time, and the 

 mockin'-bird is too hungry to mock," cried a fifth. 



" Nbthin' in the world like Jared Bundle's 

 'intment," continued the imperturbable Yankee. 

 "Finest thing possible for corns. Ain't genteel to 

 talk of such things, ladies and gentlemen ; but if 

 any of you have got corns, rub 'em just two or three 

 times with the Palmyra sarve, and they'll disappear 

 like snow in sunshine. Worth any money against 

 tan and freckles. You, miss," cried he to Louise, 

 " you ain't got any freckles, but you may very likely 

 git 'em. A plaster on each cheek afore you go to 

 bed git up in the mornin', not a freckle left all 

 lilies and roses ! " 



" Hold your impudent tongue ! " said I, " or I will 

 plaster you." 



" We're in a free country," was the answer " free 

 to sell and free to buy. Gentlemen," continued Mr 

 Bundle, " famous stuff for razor-strops. Rub a little 

 on, draw the razor a couple of times over it shave. 

 Razor runs over the face like a steam-carriage along 

 a railroad, you don't know how ; beard disappears 

 like grass before the sickle, or a regiment of Britishers 

 before Yankee rifles. Great vartue in the sarve 

 uncommon vartue ! Ma'am ! " cried he to a lady 

 who, like ourselves, was looking on from a short 

 distance at this farcical scene, " Ma'am ! " 



